I have to cull 😔 *not noggin

I am so heart broken.. but sometimes it’s the best thing to do.

I found the most humane method of culling in my opinion. I can’t do it the way people are telling me too.

I’m also being told I’m a fool and shouldn’t have chickens or quail if I can’t cull?

Yeah well, I don’t like killing things.

I do not and absolutely will not feel bad for it either. Something would be really wrong with you if you liked doing this, or didn’t care if the animal suffered. And I have already made the choice. It’s just hard. I am not keeping them for meat or egg consumption, I am keeping them as my pets.

I’m going to make it a nice comfy bed and then I’m going to put a drop of lavender oil on it’s back. Birds are sensitive and their bodies do not filter things out like that. This will put it to sleep and as it sleeps it’s organs will shut down. It is peaceful. Other ways include decapitation and suffocation..which can be awful to watch. And messy.. which would traumatize me.

It’s suffering.. and this is really fucking hard for me. But it’s harder to watch it suffer.

It hatched on its own and ever since it’s just not moved.. at all. It won’t open its eyes.

It hatched this morning and by now, it should be up and around playing tug of war with the left over shells like everyone else. But it’s not 😕

I know enough to know that it’s not gonna make it. I feel so bad.

Talking about this has made it easier to accept what I’m about to do.

And noggin is fine by the way, with his weird head bump. It looks like it’s going to come off.

If this made you sad, here’s a photo of my only yellow baby that I assisted in hatching. It has crummy stuff all over it from being in its egg so long but it’s still so sweet.

Edit: this was a very peaceful way for the chick to go.

It went to sleep and breathed slower and slower until it was gone. There was no struggle for it. It drifted off😢